Photo by © TsAGI Press Service The Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute named after Professor N.E. Zhukovsky (TsAGI) provides scientific support for the aerodynamics, durability and service life of the import-substituted version […]
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MC-21 – digest for September-2023
Photo by © Alexander Klyashtorin / Central Trade Union newspaper Solidarnost In September, Vladivostok hosted the 8th Eastern Economic Forum, during which PJSC Yakovlev and Aurora Airlines signed a letter […]
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AeroComposite will receive Russian equipment for manufacturing of MC-21 composite wing
Photo by © UAC Ulyanovsk AeroComposite and Novocherkassk South-Russian State Polytechnic University named after N.I. Platov are ready to conclude an agreement on supplying an automatised portrait. N.I. Platov South […]
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The UZGA delegation discussed with SUSU the prospects of educational projects
Photo by © Sergey Kachko / SUSU Press Service At the end of September, a delegation from the Ural Civil Aviation Plant (UZGA) visited the South Ural State University (SUSU). […]
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Leonardo air ticket booking system has been subjected to an unprecedented DDoS attack on an unprecedented scale
Photo by © Aviation of Russia Attacks on the domestic booking system Leonardo are regular. In recent months, there have been dozens of them, including about five attempts recorded in […]
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What the F-35 designers were inspired by
Yak-141 – deck plane of vertical take-off and landing. Photo © Yakovlev Design Bureau archive If you compare the Yak-141 vertical takeoff and landing aircraft with the American F-35B, you […]
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In 2023, Rolls-Royce achieved what the USSR did in 1988
Photo by Creative Commons license Rolls-Royce has announced that it has reached a major milestone in the development of “cleaner sources of aviation fuel, namely hydrogen”. Tests conducted in partnership […]
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More than one billion roubles will be allocated for the production of MS-21 aeroplanes
The assembly shop of the Irkutsk aircraft plant. Photo: © Alina Klimova / Irkutsk Aircraft Manufacturer Funding for the production of aircraft of the MS-21 family will be increased by […]
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UAC has handed over to the Russian Air Force the next series production Su-57 and Su-35S aeroplanes
Photo by © UAC The United Aircraft Corporation’s Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aviation Plant named after Yuri Gagarin has handed over to the Russian Air Force the next serial fifth-generation Su-57 aircraft and […]
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Yak-36 – the birth of Soviet aircraft with vertical takeoff and landing
Photo by Creative Commons license Vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft were of great interest to both aircraft designers and potential operators. In 1947, Konstantin Shulikov, an engineer at the […]
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